Effigy stirrup vessel
Artist
Peru
Date200-500 A.D.
Mediumceramic
Dimensions9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. diam. (25 × 20 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1968.24.1
DescriptionStirrup jar; bichrome, creme and red. Figure modelled in the round, probably mold made, with base, stirrups and details added. A two-headed figure holding 2 smaller figures to its chest, its dex. hand resting on a large face with closed eyes (probably a trophy head). There is an owl face on the figure's rear (to the left of the handle base) and a serpent head on the top of the figure's head.On View
Not on view
Philippines
19th/20th century